La Roque-d'Anthéron
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence | |
| Canton | Pélissanne | |
| Community association | Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 43 ' N , 5 ° 19' E | |
| height | 128-484 m | |
| surface | 25.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,455 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 214 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 13640 | |
| INSEE code | 13084 | |
| Website | www.ville-laroquedantheron.fr | |
 The Silvacane Abbey |
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La Roque-d'Anthéron is a French municipality with 5455 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .
geography
The municipality is located 25 kilometers northwest of Aix-en-Provence . Neighboring municipalities are Charleval , Rognes , Lambesc and Saint-Estève-Janson .
history
Around 200 BC there was apparently a Celtic oppidum in what is now the municipality . The first Cistercian monks came in 1144, and in 1175 the foundation stone for the monastery church of Silvacane was laid. In 1514, seventy families settled here, including many Waldensians . On April 17th, 1545 troops came and murdered the local Waldensians. In addition, the hamlet of Silvacane was burned down. In 1554 a canal was opened leading through La Roque-d'Anthéron, which supplied Salon-de-Provence with water from the Durance . The canal also made it possible to build a watermill. In 1560 the first Protestant church in the region was built in La Roque-d'Anthéron in a previously unknown location. In 1598 the town's Renaissance castle was built. Today it is a nursing home. Auguste de Forbin was born in the castle in 1777 . In 1847 the Canal de Marseille was dug, which also runs through the municipality.
Attractions
- Silvacane Abbey
- Château de Florans from the 16th and 17th centuries
- Romanesque chapel of Sainte-Anne de Goiron from the 11th century
- Gallic oppidum
- Borie du Loup
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1,415 | 2,282 | 2,876 | 3,692 | 3,923 | 4,446 | 5,078 | 5,455 |
age structure
29 percent of the population are 19 years old or younger. Seven percent of the population are 75 years old or older.
Web links
- The municipality on the Provence website
- Population statistics from 1793
- Festival International de Piano de La Roque d'Anthéron
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://chezvictoria.fr/4.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
